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package org.tinygroup.tinypc.dlock;

import org.tinygroup.rmi.RemoteObject;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;

/**
 * 分布式锁对象
 * Created by luoguo on 14-1-9.
 */
public interface DistributedLock extends RemoteObject {

    /**
     * 一直等直到获得锁为止
     * 
     * @return
     * @throws RemoteException
     * @throws TimeoutException
     */
    long lock() throws RemoteException, TimeoutException;

    /**
     * 在time*unit时间内尝试lock
     * 
     * @param time 
     * @param unit
     * @return
     * @throws RemoteException
     * @throws TimeoutException
     */
    long tryLock(long time, TimeUnit unit) throws RemoteException, TimeoutException;

    void unlock(long token) throws RemoteException;

}
